Spare wheel damage if not covered.

[lhurley]

When rotating tyres, does anyone rotate the rim so that the tyre is facing the same direction but on the other sure?
Eg, front right, rim rotated to make it left

Reason I say that is, I heard that the belt in the tyre moves and turns slightly with driving in 1 direction, when you turn the tyre around (not flip the rim) the belt then starts to turn the other way and in doing so becomes weaker as it moves in the rubber to much.

[MudRunnerTD]

When rotating tyres, does anyone rotate the rim so that the tyre is facing the same direction but on the other sure?
Eg, front right, rim rotated to make it left

Reason I say that is, I heard that the belt in the tyre moves and turns slightly with driving in 1 direction, when you turn the tyre around (not flip the rim) the belt then starts to turn the other way and in doing so becomes weaker as it moves in the rubber to much.

I am running directional tread tyres and am forced to keep them in the same direction (pain in the arse!!) to do a full rotation I have to get all 4 tyres stripped off rims and refitted every third rotation to get the best wear. Adding this into the cost of purchase and a cheap tyre becomes an expensive tyre over the life.

If I was running BFgs or something I'd have no hesitation flipping and swapping sides every rotation. Rotate every 10,000 and I doubt it would be a big problem. IMO

[lhurley]

I am running directional tread tyres and am forced to keep them in the same direction (pain in the arse!!) to do a full rotation I have to get all 4 tyres stripped off rims and refitted every third rotation to get the best wear. Adding this into the cost of purchase and a cheap tyre becomes an expensive tyre over the life.

If I was running BFgs or something I'd have no hesitation flipping and swapping sides every rotation. Rotate every 10,000 and I doubt it would be a big problem. IMO

I usually rotate every 5k. I just did my first 5k rotation on my km2s today. It shouldn't be to much to get them swapped. It's usually about $100 with a balance as well for my local. If your paying to get a balance (very important to tyre wear) then why not pay the little extra for a rotation?? What I've heard makes sense to me, whether or not my previous comment pertrays that right is another thing.

[my third 256]

i found with big chunky tyers they needed to be run backwards then forwards as per winnies diagrams
because they get a wedge on the tread and needs to be warn back to smooth again
learnt the hard way myself
everyone in the street could here me comming as they were so noisy

[threedogs]

My thinking is the spare on the door is just that a spare, its only purpose it to get you out of the shite and
enable you to get to a servo to repair the other tyre,
Guy I know just brought a 08 model Patrol and Cops gave him a un-rwc for his spare being bald.
If he threw it in the back he would of been fine, as you don't have to carry a spare, but bloody handy if you get a flat

[MudRunnerTD]

i found with big chunky tyers they needed to be run backwards then forwards as per winnies diagrams
because they get a wedge on the tread and needs to be warn back to smooth again
learnt the hard way myself
everyone in the street could here me comming as they were so noisy

This is my current problem with my Khumo KL71s, they have scalloped and need to run backwards to flatten out but they are directional.

[Mud Gecko]

I rotate my spare in too. The way I see it is by the time I'm ready for a new set of treads I may not want the same tyres or like others have said the spare would be no good. Up here the sun kills everything much quicker than down south. I have KM2's and haven't had any issues turning the tyres to run the opposite way.

[oddkid82]

[QUOTE=P4trol;468062]It is true, tyres in hot climates perish quicker than cold climates. It's happening to the ones on the car too... And sitting on concrete is bad too. The air is what detonates the rubber.


I have a set of mtz for weekend fun. I store them in the shed in the concrete floor, would this be bad for them, if so, what would be the right way to store them?

[BigRAWesty]

[QUOTE=oddkid82;468248]

It is true, tyres in hot climates perish quicker than cold climates. It's happening to the ones on the car too... And sitting on concrete is bad too. The air is what detonates the rubber.


I have a set of mtz for weekend fun. I store them in the shed in the concrete floor, would this be bad for them, if so, what would be the right way to store them?

I think long storage On floor creates flat spots.

But were talking a decade of our climate for deterioration. A year or 2 will do fa.

[threedogs]

directional tyres are a PITB IMO but MR wouldn't hurt to turn them around to even out the tread,
going to be very noisy and chatter for a while I would think.
Directionals make you think every bearing in the Patrol is shot lol